One other item I’d like to point out was that on the 6th, 3 days after the exciting new pricing strategy was announced, 103(!) games were removed from distribution by the developers/publishers.

]]>By: papamookhttp://www.gameproducer.net/2009/02/03/50-permanent-discount-on-casual-games/comment-page-1/#comment-133030
Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:52:04 +0000http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2366#comment-133030not all games have been discounted though, I just noticed that most of the popcap games on reflexive affiliates are not 9.99, with bookworm adventures still being 29.95

to me this move stinks, and I blame gamepass et al. the perceived value of a pc downloadable has hit rock bottom. What happened to the view that pc versions were “deluxe”!?

]]>By: Crayhttp://www.gameproducer.net/2009/02/03/50-permanent-discount-on-casual-games/comment-page-1/#comment-132973
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:11:15 +0000http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2366#comment-132973Everyone who had “reflexive affiliate” pages are in a tough boat… doubtful most of them can make up 3x the volume from that price drop.

A couple are moving all the reflexive games to a low-budget category (and taking out the best ones) so their own full-priced games don’t get devalued to customers. Some of you might want to do that too

It’s a bad trend for sure. One of the higher ups at a portal I’m friends with says developers dealing with amazon/reflexive is definitely going to affect whether they market or even accept games

]]>By: Jake Birketthttp://www.gameproducer.net/2009/02/03/50-permanent-discount-on-casual-games/comment-page-1/#comment-132969
Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:53:55 +0000http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2366#comment-132969So at $6.99 you have to sell about 3 times more copies which is quite a lot but Amazon has some big coverage so it’ll be interesting to see what happens. It may make more people aware of the whole Casual Games thing which is not a bad thing.
]]>By: Uorphttp://www.gameproducer.net/2009/02/03/50-permanent-discount-on-casual-games/comment-page-1/#comment-132964
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:09:39 +0000http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2366#comment-132964eheh and this prove that Jake was right… ok but there’s one more developer happier than before :P
]]>By: Uorphttp://www.gameproducer.net/2009/02/03/50-permanent-discount-on-casual-games/comment-page-1/#comment-132963
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:02:35 +0000http://www.gameproducer.net/?p=2366#comment-132963taking this specific case…